Clean air group honors teens, partners
The Northwest Indiana Partners for Clean Air honored high school senior scholarship recipients and regional air quality leaders recently at the organization’s annual scholarship and awards luncheon at the Hammond Marina, according to a release.
The PCA received a record number of applications for its high school scholarship program with very competitive submissions. The PCA Scholarship Committee selected four scholarship winners. Each winner will receive a $2,500 scholarship, totaling $10,000, the release said.
This year’s scholarship winners are: Paige Hein, Washington Township High School; Brooke Lakin, Michigan City High School; Cavin McNulty, Munster High School; and Kaitlin Shideler, Valparaiso High School.
In addition to the scholarship winners, six recipients received awards for voluntary actions to improve air quality in 2024: K&C Trucking Co., Homewood Disposal Services, Metro Ports; Porter County Parks & Recreation and La Porte County each received the Municipal Award and Trailblazers Bike Barn of Hobart received the Mark Siminski Bicycle Award.
Mrvan announces ‘25 art competition winner
U.S. Rep. Frank J. Mrvan, D-Highland, recently announced that Adam Tenbarge II of Chesterton High School is the winner of the Dist. 1 2025 Congressional Art Competition, a release said.
Tenbarge used paint and colored pencils to create his winning artwork, “Journey Through Indiana,” which captures the varied landscapes of Northwest Indiana.
“The dunes, Lake Michigan and the steel mills define our surroundings,” Janet Bloch, Executive Director of the Lubeznik Center for the Arts and judge of the Congressional Art Competition, said.
“This landscape impacts the way people in our region think, what we value, what we do recreationally, and how we define beauty. The winning submission depicts these various settings under one unified sky.”
MAAC Foundation graduates 40
In partnership with the Northwest Indiana District 1 Firefighter Training Council, the MAAC Foundation recently graduated its newest class of 40 volunteer firefighters representing departments across Northwest Indiana, a release said.
The graduation marks the culmination of intensive hands-on and classroom training designed to prepare recruits for service in their local fire departments.
The graduates are: Brittany Llanes, Allied Universal; Noah Engelhardt, Michael Gutierrez and Kodi Nowacki; Kyle Caves and Brandon Zimmerman, Cedar Lake; Teagen Janson, Crown Point; Riley Waterman, Dyer; Joshua Bertossi and Patrick Thompson, Griffith; Clayton Buchanan, Julian Childress, Peter Gladstone and Shawn Glenn, Hebron; Matthew Michael, Highland; Jacob Rush and Christopher Stone, Lake Dalecarlia; Terrell Farmer, Kenya Jordan, Brayden Seaton, Kameron Stojakovich and Timothy Whitmore, Lake Ridge; Chris Bynum and Emma Parker, Isabella Fuentes and Sara Sweney, Lowell; Jayden Harvey, Jacob Simpson, Emmanuel Soto and Gavin Tienstra, Munster; Ryan Cogdill and Jason Skeesick, Ogden Dunes; Cameron Tancos, Rensselaer; Lucas Adams, Jermiah Brown and Ravi Fuentes, South Haven; Carmela Gallardo and Crystal Rivera, St. John; and Raymond Gorz and Ho Jonathan Nguyen, Washington Township.
Hammond awarded charging station grant
The City of Hammond has been awarded funding through the U.S. Department of Energy’s Energy Efficiency and Conservation Block Grant Program for new electric vehicle charging stations, according to a release.
The grant will fund charging station infrastructure at the Hammond Sportsplex at 167th Street and Indianapolis Boulevard, and City Hall, 5925 Calumet Ave. Both were chosen for their visibility and frequent use, the release said. The project is part of Hammond’s commitment to environmental responsibility, clean energy infrastructure and community well-being. Installation is expected to be finished by the end of 2025, the release said.
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